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10/12/2004 Adventure, Comedy, Drama 1h 59m
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The deeper you go, the weirder life gets.

Overview

Renowned oceanographer Steve Zissou has sworn vengeance upon the rare shark that devoured a member of his crew. In addition to his regular team, he is joined on his boat by Ned, a man who believes Zissou to be his father, and Jane, a journalist pregnant by a married man. They travel the sea, all too often running into pirates and, perhaps more traumatically, various figures from Zissou's past, including his estranged wife, Eleanor.

  1. Wes Anderson

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Bill Murray

    Steve Zissou

  2. Owen Wilson

    Ned Plimpton

  3. Cate Blanchett

    Jane Winslett-Richardson

  4. Anjelica Huston

    Eleanor Zissou

  5. Willem Dafoe

    Klaus Daimler

  6. Jeff Goldblum

    Alistair Hennessey

  7. Michael Gambon

    Oseary Drakoulias

  8. Noah Taylor

    Vladimir Wolodarsky

  9. Bud Cort

    Bill Ubell

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-05-25
So a giant shark gobbles up his lifelong partner and Jacques Cousteau’s stunt double “Steve Zissou” (Bill Murray) promptly embarks his crew aboard his converted WWII mine hunter and sets off in search of this leviathan of the seas. Of course, “Zissou” has spent so much of his life pursuing his quest for aquatic greatness that his domestic life is a bit of a mess, and that only gets more complicate when “Ned” (Owen Wilson) shows up claiming to be his long lost son. Who knew what, when and why is quickly swept under the rubber mats as he, too, joins in the search for the menacing b...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$50,000,000.00

Revenue
$34,808,403.00

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